splen-
var. of spleno- before vowels, occurring in a few medical terms, as ˈsplenæmia, -ˈalgia [cf. F. splénalgie], -ˈalgic a.
| 1822–7 Good Study Med. (1829) II. 529 The Splenalgia, or pain in the spleen.., is for the most part a slight attack of this disease [splenitis]. 1850 Ogilvie, Splenalgy, a pain in the spleen or its region. 1858 Aitken Pract. Med. 417 This form of the disease [leucocythæmia] has been named splenæmia by Virchow. |